10-25-13

Students worked in their groups today to come up with a claim about their research on the Globe Theater.  Students also worked on the construction of their globe models.  We looked at a pre quiz for subject verb agreement and did a bit of reading.

10-23-13

Students learned about the Globe Theater in class today.  Students were put into groups to create a model of it and write a research paper about it.  The focus over the next couple of weeks will be these projects and beginning Romeo and Juliet.

10-21-13

Students took vocabulary 5 quiz today and we introduced Shakespeare.  We discussed questions that students had.  Students will be able to remediate their tests by viewing videos, taking notes, and getting a signed sheet that says they prepared this time.  Finally, we need students to bring in building toys to complete a project over the next couple of weeks. If a family has extra legos or other building toys, we could use them for our project!

10-18-13

Students took a short story test and also updated reading goals and wrote a bit to tell me how they know their books are difficult or easy for them.

10-15-13

Students discussed types of nouns today in preparation for an assessment coming up this week. Students wrote a thesis that was graded on the spot to see how they are progressing in that area. Also, we started vocabulary 5 today.

10-14-13

Students wrote an AoW today and we discussed how to format that better for the students' learning about informational reading and writing.  Students took a vocab quiz today too, spelling and usage.  Finally students did some reading and self assessing to prepare for a unit test at the end of this week.

10-8-13

Students discussed equality today.  We wrote sentences and found pictures for vocabulary 4.  And, students updated reading goals and wrote about setting today.

10-2

Students finished the short story "Harrison Bergeron" and completed some notes about a few literary terms to go with it so we can discuss the story next time.  We took the SRI test online to determine reading and comprehension levels today.  We will have a VOCABULARY quiz next time on spelling and usage of each word.

10-1-13

Students started reading the short story Harrison Bergeron today and commenting on some literary terms in a document.  Students also started vocabulary 3 and found pictures for each word.  Students need to study spelling and usage of these words.